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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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property
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The factory was confiscated as enemy property after the war and in 1947 Ettore Bugatti died.
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They argue that there are international tribunals whose jurisdiction is to resolve the ownership of confiscated property .
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Together the two confiscated property provisions are aimed at discouraging foreign investors from purchasing such property from the cash-strapped Castro government.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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An increasing number of guns have been confiscated in schools recently.
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The authorities will confiscate firearms found on a boat or plane if the owner cannot show proof of US licensing.
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The group claims that billions of dollars in property and bank accounts was confiscated from Jewish businessmen in the Second World War.
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Your vehicle can be confiscated if you are transporting marijuana.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Advertisers luring people into heavier and heavier reliance on cleansing products would be prosecuted and their bank accounts confiscated.
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I wondered if I should have confiscated the duplicate licenses while I had the chance.
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If it is confiscated the next day, a note will be left behind with information on where the items are.
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Later the law was amended so that profits from such activities could be confiscated.
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The box was confiscated by the governing body's technical department to undergo investigation this week.
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The county has a long-standing policy of reselling confiscated weapons.
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We could equip them with two-way radios, but they would be confiscated at road checks.